County: Limerick Site name: GLEBE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI036-125003 Licence number: 04E1232
Author: Kate Taylor, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 526116m, N 630049m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.416957, -9.086129
Thirty test-trenches were excavated in the vicinity of a medieval church and graveyard at Glebe, Monagea. A number of ditches and gullies were discovered, some of which were fairly substantial. It is likely that the features represent part of a medieval field system and possibly the line of the old road to the church. A small assemblage of animal bone was recovered, along with an iron billhook and a fragment of slag, indicating both domestic and small-scale industrial activity. A possible cremation burial was also investigated. Full excavation is anticipated prior to development of the site.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
